Pudding
09 Nov 2004, 20:30
Beatles Song Voted Worst Ever
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3737383
The Beatles’ track Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da has been voted the worst song of all time.
Paul Gascoigne’s version of the Geordie anthem Fog On The Tyne, which the footballer took to Number 2 in 1990, has come second in the Hall of Shame list.
Meat Loaf’s I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That), Number 1 in 1993, came third.
TV presenters Ant and Dec’s 1994 hit as PJ and Duncan, Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble, is also on the list.
Other chart toppers to make it on to the “10 worst” poll include Sir Cliff Richard’s 1999 hit The Millennium Prayer and 5ive’s version of Queen’s We Will Rock You, Number 1 in 2000.
Three of the songs on the Worst Ever list are sung by footballers, including Diamond Lights, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle’s 1987 offering.
Liverpool’s Anfield Rap, featuring John Barnes, is also on there.
Ian Edwards, lecturer at the Academy of Contemporary Music, said: “Admit it or not, most of these are songs that we liked when they first came out.
“That is the nature of pop music as a part of fashion. Songs are popular at the time, but times change and often this results in embarrassing additions to your record collections.
“It is interesting to note that they were nearly all hits.”
A spokesman for Mars, which carried out the research, said: “We were surprised to find the Beatles at the top of the list, but we specifically asked voters to base their answers on the song’s merits, not their opinions of the bands.”
A total of 1,000 people were polled online for the survey.
The Mars Music Hall of Shame top 10:
1. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – The Beatles (1968)
2. Fog on the Tyne (revisited) – Gazza and Lindisfarne (Number 2 in 1990)
3. I’ll Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) – Meat Loaf (Number 1 in 1993)
4. Diamond Lights – Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle (Number 12 in 1987)
5. We Will Rock You – 5ive feat. Queen (Number 1 in 2000)
6. Millennium Prayer – Cliff Richard (Number 1 in 1999)
7. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (Number 1 in 1990)
8. Anfield Rap – John Barnes and Liverpool FC (Number 3 in 1988)
9. Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble – PJ and Duncan (Number 9 in 1994)
10. 5,6,7,8 – Steps (Number 14 in 1997)
Pud :twisted:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3737383
The Beatles’ track Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da has been voted the worst song of all time.
Paul Gascoigne’s version of the Geordie anthem Fog On The Tyne, which the footballer took to Number 2 in 1990, has come second in the Hall of Shame list.
Meat Loaf’s I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That), Number 1 in 1993, came third.
TV presenters Ant and Dec’s 1994 hit as PJ and Duncan, Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble, is also on the list.
Other chart toppers to make it on to the “10 worst” poll include Sir Cliff Richard’s 1999 hit The Millennium Prayer and 5ive’s version of Queen’s We Will Rock You, Number 1 in 2000.
Three of the songs on the Worst Ever list are sung by footballers, including Diamond Lights, Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle’s 1987 offering.
Liverpool’s Anfield Rap, featuring John Barnes, is also on there.
Ian Edwards, lecturer at the Academy of Contemporary Music, said: “Admit it or not, most of these are songs that we liked when they first came out.
“That is the nature of pop music as a part of fashion. Songs are popular at the time, but times change and often this results in embarrassing additions to your record collections.
“It is interesting to note that they were nearly all hits.”
A spokesman for Mars, which carried out the research, said: “We were surprised to find the Beatles at the top of the list, but we specifically asked voters to base their answers on the song’s merits, not their opinions of the bands.”
A total of 1,000 people were polled online for the survey.
The Mars Music Hall of Shame top 10:
1. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – The Beatles (1968)
2. Fog on the Tyne (revisited) – Gazza and Lindisfarne (Number 2 in 1990)
3. I’ll Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) – Meat Loaf (Number 1 in 1993)
4. Diamond Lights – Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle (Number 12 in 1987)
5. We Will Rock You – 5ive feat. Queen (Number 1 in 2000)
6. Millennium Prayer – Cliff Richard (Number 1 in 1999)
7. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (Number 1 in 1990)
8. Anfield Rap – John Barnes and Liverpool FC (Number 3 in 1988)
9. Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble – PJ and Duncan (Number 9 in 1994)
10. 5,6,7,8 – Steps (Number 14 in 1997)
Pud :twisted: